Wed Aug 15 - Seattle Day 2

So today we did the full Seattle tour. We started with breakfast at a bar up the street that served "breakfast happy hour". The message was drinking is not just for evening anymore, but we stuck to breakfast. Deb set up a walking / eating tour which took 2-1/2 hours and walked us through the entire Pikes Place section of town with stops at different sellers and eateries for samples. Pike Place is a huge central farmers market with the main attraction being the throwing of the fish. Every time someone orders something, they feel compelled to throw it to the guys weighing and wrapping it and everybody yelling out loud about it. Pretty twisted, but that's what they are famous for. They also have all kinds of fruits, vegetables, flowers, baked goods, wine, cheese, etc, etc, etc. We also saw the original Starbucks (actually the fourth place they operated out of because the previous ones had been re-purposed for other things, but good enough for us).
So then we took the ferry to Bainbridge Island across Puget Sound mostly for the ferry ride. It was a gorgeous day and again people remarked that we were so lucky to have this much nice weather for our visit. We hiked a waterfront trail on the island and found a spot to chat with some natives and have a cold drink. It appears that a lot of commuters make the trip across the sound to go to work each day. Mostly they talked about the no-hitter that Felix Hernandez threw today for the Mariners. On the way back we saw mostly tired hot baseball fans returning from the park.
We came back over and searched Pikes Place again for all the places we did not see this morning and settled on the crepe place for dinner. Then a cookie at the bakery and some fresh fruit to munch on on the monorail ride back to the hotel.
The beemer is done and looks like in addition to new tires and battery, I needed a new left side fork seal that I noticed had popped on those expansion joints in Wyoming on the way out. So I'll pick it up tomorrow on our way out of town to go to Olympic National Park. Good timing because everyone is complaining about it being in the mid 90s tomorrow.
Another great day in "not normally sunny but sunny for us" Seattle.